Man charged with harassing girlfriend - for the fifth time
A man yesterday pleaded guilty to harassing his former girlfriend.
Massimo Tivisini, 42, of Pieta, has been charged with this crime five times.
This morning he was charged with smashing the window of his former girlfriend’s car, driving dangerously, smashing the girl’s mobile phone, threatening, assaulting and insulting her, relapsing, and committing a crime during the operative period of a suspended jail term.
Police sources said that Mr Tivisini stalked the girl, smashed her car window on the driver’s side and tried to pull her out of the window.
When she tried to call the police on her mobile phone, he smashed it.
Mr Tivisini was remanded in custody until sentencing on September 14.
He was last charged with harassing the girl on June 15. Then he had pleaded not guilty.
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Joe Xuereb
Sep 2nd 2010, 12:17
Someone dear to me eloped to marry a man totally unsuitable for her, or indeed anyone, staggeringly and obviously so. She was obstinate. In a sense, SHE was the stalker. He turned very violent. Her mother brought her home to protect her and her father forgave her. They were separated for three months. She returned to her mother saying the court mediator was such a'holy' man and advised the return to her husband. She spent the rest of her life being abused by her husband and her own five children. Spineless and broken, she believed in 'let no man put asunder'. She died of cancer recently, a sad life spent sadly with no reward. Such is life. But it does not have to be like this.
M Spiteri
Sep 1st 2010, 16:57
"J Farrugia: An eye opener to all women. Beware of foreigners you dont know well. Is this why you want divorce to be introduced in Malta?" Can I just ask: X'ghandu x'jaqsam?
Malcolm Mifsud
Sep 1st 2010, 16:01
Why this long to take action? What if instead of harassing her he did something more serious, or injured someone else in the heat of the moment? It's useless crying after a tragedy or asking what if.
Christopher Debattista
Sep 1st 2010, 13:41
Stalkers need psychological attention. And did really 5 times be neccessary before talking necessary action. Did this girl deserve all this?
Antoinette Cilia
Sep 1st 2010, 12:48
I find stalkers amongst the most vile creatures on the surface of the planet.
S. Camilleri
Sep 1st 2010, 12:36
Harassment is the worst form of abuse. I have benn harassed for the past 17 years by my ex husband. But believe me, there's no such thing as a full protection when it comes to abuse. In this case, the man is foreigner, so hopefully he will be deported. But when the stalker and abuser is maltese, the abuse can go on for a lifetime.....
Dr Charles F. Grech
Sep 1st 2010, 11:40
This man needs councilling fast not a jail term. She needs police protection, and he needs to understand that he needs to move on in life. He also needs to pay for the physical damage he is causing to property. Failure to comply, means he should spend time at Mount Carmel Hospital until he realises that violence is not the way forward!
sabine grech
Sep 1st 2010, 10:45
@ T Tabone
If only more people would think the way you think !!
i,azzopardi
Sep 1st 2010, 08:26
to all the poeple who are asking to deport this man,he is a maltese for your information,just the surname is italian
Claire Busuttil
Sep 1st 2010, 00:22
this case, and many other similar ones, should be taken seriuosly in Malta, before the matter of harassing changes into a more serious crime.
he should be given visited by a pychiaitrist. then if he is found sick, he should be given the proper treatment, and kept in custody.
victor sammut
Aug 31st 2010, 16:24
HALLI DAN NAJDLU MISKIN,GHAX IL-KAZ MANAFUX FUQ XIEX QIJAT JAMEL HEKK,PERO ISSA IL-QORTI GHAMLET SEW LI ZAMMITU GEWWA.
love is blind,love hurts & for love u can go grazy
M. Pisani
Sep 1st 2010, 08:55
Miskin?! Miskina l vittma! Ghaddejt minn esperjenza simili hafna, ghalkemm lili ma kellux cans jghamilhieli hames darbiet, ghas-semplici raguni li kelli lil familti u lil hbieb zammewli iebes u ma hallewnix nerga niltaqa' mieghu... kieku kien mod iehor, probabli illum ergajt qeghda mieghu, nghaddi minn l istess martirju li ggieghelek tghaddi minnu mhabba ghamja. Esperjenza tal-biza, u anke xhin qrajt l-artiklu, qabbditni r-roghda! Nittama li l-vittma issib l-ghajnuna kollha li tehtieg biex tehles minn din it trawma u tkompli b'hajjitha. Ghamlet x'ghamlet, qas li kieku qelbitielu, ma kellu dritt jaghmel li ghamel (two wrongs don't make a right... an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind...)! Bniedem hekk insejjahlu marid, possessiv, ghajjur, u bla rispett. La dan m'huwiex kapaci ikollu farka rispett ghal persuna ta' din it tfajla, u jekk zbaljat hi, forsi xi ftit mahfra ukoll (ghalkemm hames darbiet huma wisq biex nippuntaw subajna lejn it-tfajla) ghal persuna li "jhobb"... ahseb w ara x'jasal jaghmel ma haddiehor. M'ghandniex bzonn iktar imbarazz minn dan f'Malta....
Bernice Vella
Sep 1st 2010, 11:05
it doesn't matter what she did the truth of the matter is that she does not deserve this sort of treatment! thats why she broke up with him in the first place! and if this has happened four times before why was he allowed a suspended jail term? surely they could have sensed it coming!or were they paid to give him the jail term?
Pule' Carmel
Aug 31st 2010, 15:09
If the local court of law does not dish out sentences that make the public feel safe, if the central government and local councils and some management responsible for lucrative tenders, do not behave in a manner that gives security and faith to the representatives and local public, if members of the church do not behave according to the expected code of ethics, if policemen and other authorities in this country do not appear to contribute to real security for the general public, I am sure that soon public law will be taken in hand and something equivalent to the French revolution will take place, and heads will roll.
The public seem to feel rather insecure with such kindness and protection to criminals and there is a limit to the amount of " understanding and compassion for sick people" one can tollerate. The decisions of the local courts, local councils, local managment , chairmen and CEO,members of the church are edging on the unethical and being protected,soon I believe, the public will show in various ways that it had enough, in many of the institutions expected to keep order and serve the public and not the sick and the criminals.
T Tabone
Aug 31st 2010, 15:03
Some of the comments here just beggar belief. There is NO excusing violence, whatever the alleged provocation, be the aggressor male or female.
It saddens me to read here the comments which disrespect the victim of such crime, when the only thing she can possibly be guilty of is meeting the 'wrong' man. Lord knows, there are enough wrong men out there.. it's not hard to meet him!
Domestic violence is a scourge on society as a whole and turning a blind eye (which has been done for centuries) just will not make it go away. It is wrong, it is immoral, intolerable, and it is repugnant to decent society. Instead of amateur psychology, we need pro-active intervention. Anger management, rehabilitation, social education and harsh sentencing for repeat offenders!
Joe Fenech
Aug 31st 2010, 15:01
And I thought that relapsing during the period of a suspended sentence meant immediate jail...
LAUGHABLE JUDICIAL SYSTEM !
Joe Fenech
Aug 31st 2010, 13:04
"..ghax li jghaqqad Alla ma jistax ihassru l-bnidem" says rhr local Church! This Mr Tivisini is just showing love and prooving his Catholic creed.
C Grech
Aug 31st 2010, 13:41
Dear Mr. Fenech, Alla ghadu ma ghaddaqdx lill dawn t-tnejn u wisq probabli l-anqas il-Knisja m'hu ser taqqadhom.
Barra minn hekk kif taf li Mr. Tivisini huwa Kattoliku.
Jaqaw jigi minnek?
Joe Fenech
Aug 31st 2010, 14:31
This man is doing all this in the name of love and an indissoluble relationship, something the Church preaches!
GF Cortini
Sep 1st 2010, 10:24
Are you for real?
I must have missed the passage where Jesus condones smashing windows, breaking mobiles and threatening bodily harm.
Let's see if you'd quote the same passage if the person he was assaulting was your daughter/wife/relative/friend...
Bernice Vella
Sep 1st 2010, 11:38
i simply have to agree with C Grech and GF Cortini these people are not married therefor are not bound by the church! if they were im sure being this violent is grounds for annulment by the church any way! and no where in the bible does it say that if somebody does not wish to be with you anymore you have the right to harm them! and if he was actually in love with her Mr. Fenech he would not attack her but he would want her to be happy! this man is simply possesive and has the mentality that if she is not going to be with him willingly then he will scare her into being with him! why should she be unhappy all her life when they could just as easily throw this man in jail? where he belongs for doing all of this! the truth of the matter is that the justice in malta is not sensible enough to follow the law! if this man comitted a crime while he was on a suspended jail term then he should already be locked up!
Joe Fenech
Sep 1st 2010, 14:01
GF Cortini:
No one from my family would go for someone who believes in Church rubbish!
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"I must have missed the passage where Jesus condones smashing windows, breaking mobiles and threatening bodily harm. "
No but, the Church still wants women or men suffering domestic violence to remain married to their partners! What do they expect those who can't afford an annulment, and those who are civilly married to do?
Jesus IS NOT the Church! Church history is full or stupid add-ons by the people in power!
Carmen V Gauci
Aug 31st 2010, 12:49
This poor girl. What should she do ?? Leave and go live abroad may be she'll live in peace. Where is justice ?
Charmaine Marmara'
Aug 31st 2010, 11:03
now they will wait until he seriously harms her or kills her then they take action ...then he will bw given a suspended sentence like all others .....tad dahq jew tal biki dal pajjiz
John Micallef
Aug 31st 2010, 15:49
I'm in fulla greement with you, Ms. Maramara'. I sure hope that some concrete action is taken before this turns into some tragedy. We've already had enough of those in Malta and are sick of hearing about 'passionate crimes' happening in nearby Italy.
The girl has no fault - she has all the right to leave the guy if she wants to.
No person has the right to stalk and terrorise another for whatever reason.
Bernice Vella
Sep 1st 2010, 11:28
passionate or not they are still crimes and therefor the criminal has to pay for them! why should this poor girl suffer? where is the justice in malta?! i am getting pretty sick and tired of hearing about people who should be in prison and got away with whatever they did! it simply angers me! im 14 years old and even im sensible enough to know that the justice in malta is stupid! there was a time where i wanted to become a police officer! i got over that time and reading all of this i am seriously glad i changed my mind! its like people in malta can do whatever they want! last year i was the victim of a case which had it not been solved by the school would need the police to get involved i am glad my school got to the bottom of it before the police came along otherwise i would have given up all hope of this case being solved!
R.Camilleri
Aug 31st 2010, 10:08
Ma' noqghodux inwahhlu fix-xemx jew fil-qamar. Nies bhal dawn ghandhom jingabru u ma' jithallewx barra. Dan inghata cans kemm il-darba u baqa l-istess, mela is-sentenza qed jghamilha hu stess, jigiefieri ' Locked Up'. Hekk ghandha tkun il-gustizzja man-nies.
Ann Marie Bezzina
Aug 31st 2010, 09:48
The best think for this guy is to get locked in a plastic room.
Michael Neville Cassar
Aug 31st 2010, 09:14
This man must be locked up and after deported and black listed not to enter in this country E.U. or not ,certain people have got to be stopped at the customs. If France can deport people within the E.U. for security and over dumping reasons Malta can also defend its citizens from criminals too.
J.Zammit Fiorentino
Aug 31st 2010, 10:51
Where in the Times text is written that this guy is Italian??...many maltese are called Camilleri, Navarro, Smith, etc...deport them to Italy, Spain and England then? if one is a Maltese citizen...lock him in Malta. Once you gave him citizen rights one cannot deport a person to another country. In France situation, its the Rom thing, which is a different story.
Trevor Zahra
Aug 31st 2010, 08:36
Smashing the window of his former girlfriend’s car - Suspended Sentence?
Driving dangerously - Angry Policeman?
Smashing the girl’s mobile phone - No Phone Bill ?
Threatening, assaulting and insulting her, relapsing for FOUR TIMES....YES four TIMES.- SUSPENDED SENTENCES - Whats the fith time going to be??? Errr Suspended Sentence??
But Hold On if we swim naked in St Georges Bay at 5am - we get 2 Years In Prison....hmmmm something is very very seriously wrong here
This is not even funny anymore.
I feel ashamed to be Maltese, what better way to attract International Criminals to Malta....with Slap on the wrist sentences and meagre fines, no wonder more and more people are committing crimes in Malta...they can put their mind at rest that they will safely get away with it.
Robert Azzopardi
Aug 31st 2010, 10:13
Exactly! Couldn't have said it better! Proportionality takes on a new meaning on the Sunny islands of Malta! viva il-moralita! Sarcasim intended!
Joe Fenech
Aug 31st 2010, 13:12
Trevor,
people involved in the VAT fraud that cost the country millions of Euros got away Scot free ; an illegal immigrant and sex maniac setting a trend of showing his private parts to women is still enjoying his freedom ; rogue drivers who maimed or killed children and adults got away with it ; corrupt practices have become the order of the day...
SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE REALLY HOPE FOR IN THIS COUNTRY??
Bernice Vella
Sep 1st 2010, 11:44
i have lost all hope for this country! i am only a teenager and already i have no hope left that this country will improve! i am utterly speechless at how things like this can carry on with no justice what so ever! i am highly considering immigrating to a better country when i am old enough!
P. Borg
Aug 31st 2010, 07:36
Nispera li dan se jehel xi sentenza tajba.
Hallikom mis-sentenzi sospizi - multi horox u habs hemm bzonn ghax min jitwieled tond ma jmutx kwadru. Din it-tfajla taf xi jfisser taddi minn dan kollu u mhux dal magistrat li fajjar is-sentenza tal-qamel. Meta se tibdew tkunu responsabli ghal dak li jbati haddiehor? Min jaghmel id-deni irid ihallas, u BIS-SERJETA TA. Il-qorti ghandha bzonn tieqaf tkun ridikola darba ghal dejjem. Gustizzja tal-qamel ghandna f'dan il-pajjiz.
Malcolm Felix
Aug 31st 2010, 05:29
It only gives you one thing to think....
Court have an order to avoid sending people in jail, as its getting over loaded and money is a problem!
Its all from our taxes...at least he should be house arrested!
Joe Xuereb
Aug 31st 2010, 00:53
2) This type of man is very common in Malta and Italy. It's the sun, the Latin lover syndrome. Maybe the result of terminal 'mammismo' when the boy refuses to let go his mama's apron strings, indeed is not allowed to. Never grows up. Just loves whorish women but wants to marry his mother image, all virginal and pure. Religious indoctrination and piling on of sexual guilt I am sure has some say in all this, the southern man's anguished existence. I'm not defending this man by any means. I am just expressing my view on how I see the afflicted Mediterranean man. The much romanticised Latin lover has a darker side I can assure you. In a long career I've met countless nationalities but Italians I can count on the fingers of an amputated hand. I just see through the Italian lover-man. There are good ones I am sure but I've yet to meet them. I ain't lookin'. I'm homosexual and I notice these things.
This guy, and anyone like him, should start liking himself. He'll then learn to look at women with some objectivity & respect. In the meantime, sadly for him, his brain is between his legs.
Robert Azzopardi
Aug 31st 2010, 10:11
Alas you've hit the nail on the head!
Joe Xuereb
Aug 31st 2010, 00:37
1) Hell has no fury like a woman when she's rejected. Some men behave in exactly the same way by the looks of it.
@J.Farrugia. This shocking incident and divorce are connected in your mind? What what?!?! And should he try to come back, he'd be sent back in a sorry state? Why, what would you do to him, J.?
@J.Attard. Classic opening this: 'I'm not saying that stalking is right; it's obviously wrong. Just saying that, given the promiscuity of.....'. I see. Whose promiscuity are you talking about J.? His or hers? If hers, how do you know she's promiscuous? And if she is, you're not implying she is somehow to blame is she by your reckoning? We need to know. Poor guy, may have been dealth a bad card (your words, J.). Amazing, this hapless society!(your words again, J.). Maybe he has a clean conduct? (I can't believe this). J., you're not one of those guys who 'lurve' women but can't stand them when they don't do your bidding.
continued
J Farrugia
Aug 31st 2010, 11:18
I stand by what I said. Yes both are connected since women enter into faulty bonds by their own steam and then they find it difficult to cope with aggressive and jealous husbands or PARTNERS. It is yes their fault for what happens afterwards and the offspring (children) will have to bear the brunt of all these much publicised cases of human suffering.
Peter Bonnici
Aug 30th 2010, 22:58
Watch this space.
S Schembri
Aug 30th 2010, 22:55
Some people just never learn.
1. Why is he still out?
2. What are the law courts waiting for to put him behind bars?
3. Why is she still with him?
Deirdre Farrugia
Aug 31st 2010, 07:10
Former girlfriend... miskina she must be terrified!
J Farrugia
Aug 30th 2010, 22:54
An eye opener to all women. Beware of foreigners you dont know well. Is this why you want divorce to be introduced in Malta?
Tom Camilleri
Sep 1st 2010, 18:22
wow! looking at all your comments,I think you need to be living in an Arab country somewhere.
J Farrugia
Aug 30th 2010, 22:52
May I suggest to the courts to send this foreigner to his own country as a persona non grata. That's the least they can do. We are maltese and we stand up for our nationals even if they have their own wrongs.. Send him back to his country with a promise that if he dares to enter once more in Malta legally or illegally, he will be sent back in a sorry state. That's a promise. We dont accept mafia style criminals.
Jeremy N Grech
Aug 30th 2010, 22:17
5 times harassing and he gets only this? Then people get jailed for swimming naked... what a disgrace
Terry Borg
Aug 30th 2010, 22:03
Charged 5 times??
Isn't it time this guy is repatriated or sent to jail before something bad happens to the girl?
What are the law courts waiting for?
Claire Busuttil
Aug 30th 2010, 20:04
mela da ghadu hawn???
J. Attard
Aug 30th 2010, 18:54
@Connie Demicoli. By 'happening' I refer to the entire episode.
J. Attard
Aug 30th 2010, 16:37
I'm not saying that stalking is right; it's obviously wrong. Just saying that, given the promiscuity of today's hapless society, hurt happens. He might have been dealt a bad hand, and wasn't capable of walking away from the table. He might need help (had he been decreed psychiatric help by the courts?), or time, or both. Custody? Perhaps not the best solution, particularly if the chap had a clean conduct before the happening.
Connie Demicoli
Aug 30th 2010, 17:12
J. Attard clean conduct? This is the fifth time he's done it. Does he think his girlfriend is his property?
S. Camilleri
Aug 30th 2010, 17:17
I think this person has been given enough chances ... Don't you think?
Gorge Azzopardi
Aug 30th 2010, 15:59
Is'nt it time this bloke got what he deserved!!! Shocking to hear that he's still aloud living here.
S. Camilleri
Aug 30th 2010, 15:45
FIVE times!!!!! How many times are the courts going to tolerate this behaviour?
They should adopt the same yardstick they used when sentencing the man who ineptly tried to rob the Burmarrad Lotto Receiver. Three years locked up .... then expel him from the island.
Joe Bonnici
Aug 30th 2010, 16:11
S. Camilleri perfectly agree with your comments. Why is he not kept locked up and a life expulsion order from Malta made against him?
Brian Maloret
Aug 30th 2010, 16:18
Although I do not condone this mans behaviour how do you know that he is not legally entitled to remain on the island or are you saying that everyone with a "foreign" name who commits a crime should be expelled (deported)?
Victor Cuschieri
Aug 30th 2010, 17:14
Brian Maloret how can he be legally entitled to remain here when he's an Italian and he's been breaking our law so many times? No Brian, he should be expelled with a non-return order. He's a public threat.
S. Camilleri
Aug 30th 2010, 17:16
Just being an EU citizen (am assuming he is ) does not entitle you to remain in any other EU country under any circumstance. If he has a foreign name AND not a citizen then yes in such extenuating circumstance he should be deported. Clear enough?
Brian Maloret
Aug 30th 2010, 18:03
Victor Cuschieri If he is an Italian National he is a EU Citizen and is therefore legally entitled to live on the island. I too am a EU Citizen living on the island and if I was to committ a crime I would be tried under Maltese law and if found guilty would be punished under Maltese law. The only time that a EU Citizen living in another EU state other his/her own state can be deported is if he/she is considered a danger to the security of his/her host state which from what we read this guy isn't.
Timmy Spiteri
Aug 30th 2010, 21:39
Brian Maloret you are wrong. He is a public security and he can be deported and prevented from coming back? So do you expect that a person come to live here and perhaps commit murder or attempted murder and we have to keep him here because he is an EU citizen? You must be kidding.
Franco Farrugia
Aug 30th 2010, 15:26
This guy should get a life.
reno calleja
Aug 30th 2010, 15:17
The police should wary of this man who is obviously sick in his mind. There hundreds if not thousands of cases like this one which led to the murder of the woman or the man. Obsession like the one this man is experienceing is dangerous. His girlfreind count her luck stars that she is still alive.
I appeal to the courts send this sick man for psychiatric help before it is too late
Stephen Koludrovic
Aug 30th 2010, 15:13
More a case of possessiveness and certainly not love. Many sessions with a psychiatrist might hopefully cure his problem.
Marianna Galea Xuereb
Aug 30th 2010, 15:07
If doctors cannot guarantee a mental cure for this man then he should be locked up forever because he is extremely dangerous. He just thinks of his girlfriend as a possession and does not even know what love is.
When will modern society seriously start to protect the general public from perverts that cannot be cured?
eric psaila
Aug 30th 2010, 14:50
I remember this case when I read the headline. This person has been in the news a number of times about this same case. Now I dare ask, what is going to happen when he is out of prison ( if he is sentenced to go to prison in the first place)? That is the question. These people are of great danger to society in general and they should be tagged for life for security reasons.
Robert Azzopardi
Aug 30th 2010, 14:47
Prosit eh! some way to show affection, if you asked him, he'd probably tell you "imma nhobba ta´!!!"
Joe Cassar
Aug 30th 2010, 14:22
Five times?
What are the authorities waiting for to take effective steps? Till he kills her or maims her for life?
Fenech MD
Aug 30th 2010, 14:08
Let's see if he gets a suspended sentence again...